Golf Course For Sale - Southern Arizona

[Tom Yost]

Saw an ad in this Sunday's Arizona Republic.

AVAILABLE
TURQUOISE VALLEY GOLF COURSE, RESTAURANT & RV PARK

Situated on 192± acres
Gross Revenue of Over a Million Annually
“Turn Key” operation; includes all equipment and furnishings
3 miles to Bisbee, 30 minutes to Tombstone, 34 miles to Sierra Vista, 90 miles to Tucson, 226 miles to Scottsdale
Located in SE Arizona with terrific year round climate
$1.2M

http://higgenbotham.com/product_detail.php?id=106582

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Tom,

Saw the same ad. Only 1.2M. Let's visit- only a 4hour drive from PHX-  and bring our checkbooks.  

http://www.turquoisevalley.com/

[Brett Wiesley]

Wonder if the profit is from golf fees, or drug mule traffic?

[Rees Milikin]

Wonder if the profit is from golf fees, or drug mule traffic?

The tunnel that runs from Mexico into the clubhouse makes more than enough revenue.

Anyone have any idea how has this course been in existence for over 100 years?

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Turquoise Valley Golf Course originally opened in 1908 as a diversion for copper miners in the area. Being over a century old, it has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operated course in Arizona. The course originally opened as a nine-hole layout and the back nine wasn’t added until decades later in 1996. This gives the front and back nines a completely different character from one another. Golfers begin with a more traditional layout before moving on to the modern, desert target-style back nine. Also on the back nine, golfers will encounter the infamous 15th hole. Besides its long history, Turquoise Valley Golf Course is also known for this hole, which is the only par-6 in the state and stands as the fifth longest hole in the county. At a monstrous 747 yards, the hole is nicknamed the "Rattler" and is one of the most talked-about golf holes in Arizona.

http://www.arizonagolf.com/courses/naco/turquoise-valley/

[Jim_Kennedy]

A few of the challenges facing the Super at TVGC, although their recent and compulsory switch to effluent watering isn't mentioned.

http://www.bluestemmagazine.com/2011/11/rain/

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Jim,

Thanks for posting the article. Good stuff! The thought of grasshoppers covering a course is not very enticing but Turquoise Valley sure seems to be an interesting place.